“ This is the Atomic Pulse Rocket , a pot - bellied ship nearly the size of the Empire State Building , propelled by a serial of nuclear blasts . ” for certain , it sounds like a bad idea now but back then it was on the cutting boundary : it only needed “ a thousand atomic blasts - each adequate to 1,000 tons of TNT ” to push the 75,000 ton goliath out of Earth ’s atmosphere . Once transit speeding was reached , thing go green : power was then provided by “ solar batteries plating the flank and body surfaces . ”
Inside the rocket , living quarters are situated in the rim of a pressurized steering wheel - comparable cabin which revolve to put up artificial gravity . radio set and radar antennae revolve with it . vasiform hydroponic “ gardens ” on either side of the flange grow alga to produce oxygen and gamy protein food .
If that was n’t enough , the Atomic Pulse Rocket “ could transport load to the Moon at $ 6.74 per pound , less than one poop the prevailing air freight charges over equivalent distance . ” Or so said this ad for American Bosch Arma Corporation - the common people who brought you the “ inertial direction system for the ATLAS ICBM ” projectile .
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